Author
Tafrawi, Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abd al-Majīd, 1149-1238 or 1239
Author Original
Ṣafrāwī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Majīd, 1149-1238 or 1239, صفراوي، عبد الرحمن بن عبد المجيد، 1149-1238 or 1239
Publication Place
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[13th century?]
Subject
Qurʼan—Readings—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Blind tooled bindings, Gold tooled bindings, Leather doublures, Headbands
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
238
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963577043506421
Record ID
dc9s161h80k
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 611H
Date
1200-01-01 T00:00:00 AH/1299-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1200-1299
Notes
A treatise on the readings of the Qur’an, comparing the seven readings which have been handed down singlely and which do not conform to the common usage of speech and analogy. | Ms. codex., Title from fol. 1a., Evidently the last folio, containing the closing words of the colophon, is missing. The first two folios were supplied by a different hand. The title appears on the lower edge of the text block. Two inscriptions on the two folios after colophon., Collection: Paper ; p. 238 ; modern pagination in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 22 lines per page., Description: Vowel signs ; lacking some iʻjām diacritical marks; MS in good condition, extended., Origin: Probably from the XIII century. MS is rare., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, Chapter on mentioning the doctrines of the Qur’an in stopping on the calligraphy decree and explaining what they swore about in that. Know, may God grant us success and you, that those who were deterred by agreeing to the calligraphy decree are five, and they are Nafi’ and Abu Amr al-Kufi Asim, Hamzah, and al-Kasai..., Colophon: The Sheikh, the jurist, the Imam, the most complete scholar, the Hafiz, the one in charge of the revelation, Jamal al-Din, the Mufti of the Muslims. The one of the theologians who is a role model for the people of his time, the beauty of his era, Abu Al-Qasim, Abdul Rahman bin Al-Sheikh Al-Ajl, Abi Muhammad Abdul Majeed bin Al-Safrawi, the author, may God grant him success | Later type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Blind- and gold-stamped and tooled circular design with pendants and decorative edging. Leather doubles. Multi-colored endbands. Repairs to the spine. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1207., Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), I, p. 365.
